microhabitat
noun
mi·cro·hab·i·tat
ˌmī-krō-ˈha-bə-ˌtat 
: the microenvironment in which an organism lives
decaying wood creates a microhabitat for insects
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Walnut Canyon is packed top to bottom with life zones and microhabitats highlighting cactus and agave growing just footsteps from Douglas fir and ponderosa pine.
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
This microhabitat turns traditional thinking about snow on its head.
—Erin Blakemore, Popular Science, 31 Jan. 2020
Another factor in midges’ survival is their microhabitat.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 10 Sep. 2019
Schill noted that tardigrades had evolved to survive in particular microhabitats.
—Ben Guarino, ajc, 14 July 2017
Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
This microhabitat turns traditional thinking about snow on its head.
—Erin Blakemore, Popular Science, 31 Jan. 2020
Another factor in midges’ survival is their microhabitat.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 10 Sep. 2019
Schill noted that tardigrades had evolved to survive in particular microhabitats.
—Ben Guarino, ajc, 14 July 2017
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microhabitat
noun
mi·cro·hab·i·tat
ˌmī-krō-ˈhab-ə-ˌtat
: the microenvironment in which an organism lives
the kidneys, heart, and sinuses are the usual microhabitats of the sporocysts of the schistosome
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